Chapter 5

She could feel his aura getting closer and she could feel his worry. Emeri ran down the halls and out to the front gates of the castle. She knew that Sota was worried and knew that he still remembered about how she showed up to his house in a bloody mess. But just as she reached the front court yard she found Sota on top of Sesshomaru while punching him in the face. Emeri quickly ran at Sota and tackled him the ground.

As soon as Sota had felt himself being thrown off of the demon lord, he used some of his power to try to get the person to let go of him. However he was surprised and shocked when he felt someone punch him before he heard a familiar voice yell out, "You fucking jerk! How dare you! Stay the fuck away from me!"

"Emeri?" Sota asked as he opened his eyes to come face to face with the enraged girl.

"I'm your mate here and as such you before treat me better than before. That INCLUDES not punching me or trying to purify me." Emeri hissed as she walked over to Lord Sesshomaru to say, "I'm sorry Lord Sesshomaru but you must forgive my mate."

"Jezebeth?" Sango was heard.

"It's Emeri…if you'll excuses me."

"Damn it…Emeri…Emeri wait!" Sota called as he ran after his mate. 'Damn it…I finally get to see that she is alright and I go and piss her off.'

"Are you alright?" Kagura asked her mate.

"I'm fine…Inuyasha…Kagome…why have you brought your friends? I thought that they would stay to protect your village." Sesshomaru answered.

"We just came to visit. We're living tomorrow." Sango answered.

"Jaken." Kagura called.

"Yes my lady." Jaken was heard as he appeared.

"Get a room for each of our guest. Rin dear, why don't you go and play with Shippo." Kagura stated.

"How long has she been here?" Kagome asked.

"I found her when we were going to visit Jezebeth's grave…when I found her it looked as if she had climbed out of the grave." Kagura answered.



"Inuyasha…what will we do now? Once her bloods have completely reached their full strength, Emeri will take her true form and some of her real scent. Kyashi will come for her." Sesshomaru stated.

"I think we should talk about this with Emeri and Sota around." Miroku stated.

"Very well than, let us go and look for her." Kagura said.

Meanwhile, Emeri sat on her own with her back toward Sota. She knew that he was still upset about it but he needed to forget about it. 'It's as if he loved my past self more.' Emeri thought sadly as she looked up and into the sky. Just as she was about to lay down, she felt herself being pulled into his arms as he said, "I'm sorry…I never meant for you to feel that way."

"Sota…" Emeri whispered as she turned into his chest to let her unshed tears fall.

"I just thought that he would still attack you…you never got to tell me that he would no longer hurt you and you had never told me everything you remembered up until the point you died." Sota explain.

"Oh Sota…it's just that the past I left should have just been forgotten." Emeri whispered as she looked up to make eye contact with him.

Before she could say anything else, Sota pulled her into a passion filled kiss. Emeri quickly wrapped her arms around his neck and brought him closer to her. As the kiss continued to get heated, Sota slowly lowered Emeri down onto the grass and got on top of her. Just as Sota was about to lift her shirt over her, they heard a voice say, "Uh…we need to talk."

"Sis.!" Sota yelled as he quickly jumped off of Emeri.

"Should you two mate now you will only have a pup to worry about." Sesshomaru was heard.

"Sorry." Emeri said as she tried to hide her growing blush.

"Yes, well…we need to speak with the two of you." Kagura said.

"About what? I know what I have to do. I just you guys to tell me where that idiot is." Emeri answered.

"And what exactly do you plan to do?" Sesshomaru asked.

"Yeah, what do you want to do without me?" Sota asked as he held onto her once more.

"Well, I was thinking of tricking him into thinking that Jezebeth really is alive. I'll go with him and I'll kill him once I get the chance to." Emeri answered.

"You're crazy!" Sota yelled.



"Emeri…is this something you really want to do?" Kagome asked which surprised Inuyasha and her brother.

"What the hell are you talking about wench? We're sending them back home." Inuyasha growled.

"I'm not leaving until I kill Kyashi or until he forgets about the past." Emeri hissed as she began to glow a dark blue color.

"Emeri…you do know that we'll have your back." Sango said.

"You're not going alone." Sota growled as his nails become more claw like.

"There is no other way. I need you to protect them. I'm the only one that can trick them." Emeri replied.

"No, you're not going to do this. I'm not going to let you." Sota growled.

"You don't really have a choice…it's my risk or you lose your sister and unborn nephew." Emeri whispered as she closed her eyes to hold back her tears.

Soon all eyes were turned to Kagome. Kagome took a step back and smiled before she ran off. 'How did she know…are her powers changing? Great…now Inuyasha is going to hate me.' Kagome thought sadly as she tried to find a place to hide. Just as she entered the room that was meant for her and for Inuyasha, Kagome fell to her knees and let out her cries. She hadn't want to keep him from him but she had known since before he could smell it. 'I just wanted to protect my child from Kyashi…will he see it the same way.'

"Of course I will wench. You just should have told me." Inuyasha was heard as he easily pulled her into his arms.

"Oh Inuyasha...I'm so sorry but I just had no idea what to do." Kagome cried as she held on to him for dear life.

"Shh…come one…we need to talk to your brother. He stormed off after what Emeri said. Emeri is just as upset only she is shooting arrows at trees." Inuyasha said as he tried to get her to come down.

"I'll talk to my brother…can you get Emeri?" Kagome said as she whipped away her tears.

"Yeah, just try not to get hurt. Oh and if things get to bad you better not fight." Inuyasha growled.

"Don't worry love…I'll be just fine as long as you stay safe also." Kagome whispered before she placed her lips over his.



Once they two of them were done, they walked out of their room only to find Sota about to knock. Sota turned to his sister and waited for her to invite him into her room while Inuyasha left the two siblings to talk. Once he was gone, Sota took a seat next to his sister and waited for her to say something. When she didn't say anything he asked, "What should I do?"

"Uh…Sota you need to understand that just because she is your mate doesn't mean you get to make all of the decisions for her. She knows what she wants to do and you need to back her up 100 percent." Kagome said as she looked at her brother. "You need to realize that she no longer sees things as she once did since she is from the same time you are from."

"I just don't want to lose her again…I don't think I could." Sota whispered.

"And you want…in this time…if she dies you die." Kagome answered as she waited for her brother's response.

Emeri walked on her own. She knew that she was no longer in the castle grounds and didn't want to be anywhere near her stubborn mate. His words had cut her deep and had made her feel as if she was useless. Just as she reached a familiar grave she heard her inner dragon say, 'You shouldn't let him get to you.'

'He doesn't know the type of power we have and he doesn't know what we know.' Her inner inu demon growled.

'Yeah, well neither do I. The two of you have yet to tell me what it is that makes me different this time. I want to finish as soon as I can so that things can be left in the past.' Emeri said.

'Our name may have changed but our soul has not. You know as well as we do that you are the only one that Kyashi is looking for.' Her inner dragon stated.

Before she could reply to that, Emeri quickly turned around with both her weapons drawn as she heard a tig snap behind her. As soon as she saw Inuyasha step into the clearing she was in, Emeri lowered her weapons and turned back to stare down at the dying flowers that had once helped her escape the earth. Once she had placed her hand over the plants she said, "Water of life, water of mine, give these plants the will to live. Give them life from the water of mine."

Inuyasha watched as water slowly came out of Emeri's hand and went into the plants. Once she was done, Emeri sat down and said, "I don't want to lose any of you. Everyone was suppose to stay safe and live a happy life…and it's all my fault. I didn't kill Kyashi when I should have."

"Killing is not the only way to solve anything but in this case it is. But that doesn't mean you should blame everything on yourself." Inuyasha growled as he pulled her into a hug.

"I have to…other wise…otherwise…his loves death would have been for nothing." Emeri said before she fell down into tears.



"Who's love?" Inuyasha asked in a confused voice.

Sota stared at his sister as he tried to think about what it was she meant. He knew that she was right and that he would have to let her protect them all. If he died she died and if she died he died. So there would be no use if he put himself in danger when he hadn't even finished his training. After taking in a deep breath Sota closed his eyes and asked, "Would you train me?"

"What?" Kagome asked in a confused voice.

A/N: Well, I hope you are enjoying the fic so far. I will be posting up my next two stories up soon. Please let me know what you think. Flames are welcomed.

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